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scrag
[ skrag ]
noun
- a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton.
- Slang. the neck of a human being.
verb (used with object)
- Slang. to wring the neck of; hang; garrote.
- Metallurgy. to test (spring steel) by bending.
scrag
/ skræɡ /
noun
- a thin or scrawny person or animal
- the lean end of a neck of veal or mutton
- informal.the neck of a human being
verb
- informal.to wring the neck of; throttle
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Origin of scrag1
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Example Sentences
He was probably foolish enough to tell others, and the word was pasted to scrag you before you could get to it.
Clarice was inwardly convinced that Vivian belonged to the scrag end, so far as character went.
After all, it is a scrag that has been struck, and everybody laughs and seems to think it a good joke.
That night they lay behind Scrag Island, and with the first dawn of the morning were under way again.
Scrag, skrag, n. anything thin or lean and rough: the bony part of the neck.
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